Example sentences of "in [verb] about the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Russia 's huge wartime losses in both life and material , culminating in those sustained during the Brusilov Offensive , were instrumental in bringing about the Russian Revolution in 1917 .
2 Yet the great mystery of schizophrenia remains — it is still unclear precisely what role , if any , such factors have had in bringing about the first onset of the disorder .
3 His success in summoning up the devil he knew blinded him to any awareness of his own part in bringing about the final outcome .
4 The odds are that a relationship that engenders such trust in infancy will continue to engender it in later childhood too , and who is to say at the end of it all that one period was more crucial than another in bringing about the final result ?
5 I congratulate the Minister on his personal involvement in bringing about the increased commitment to renewables .
6 Leaving this setting and changing to a role where qualitative evaluation is more relevant and personal effectiveness in bringing about the desired changes can be more easily assessed can be stressful .
7 He was thus able to make , economically , this form of phosphorus which was a main factor in bringing about the widespread use of safety matches .
8 The role of natural selection in bringing about the gross changes in the evolution of animals is thus brought into question .
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